I've been a fan of the Douglas A-20 Havoc since I was a little kid. The Havoc (aka Boston in RAF/RAAF use) was a sleek, 2 engined, light attack bomber that was used in all theaters of the war by all Allied combatants. The Soviets received thousands of them, flying them in ground attack missions as low as 33 feet. !!! In the Pacific, Havoc pilots used "skip bombing" attacks to skip their bombs into Japanese ships, with deadly effect. Here's a photo of a Havoc just clearing a Japanese vessel after a skip bomb attack during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
The story of these aircraft and their aircrews during the Bismarck Sea battle would be pretty cool, I think.
The story of these aircraft and their aircrews during the Bismarck Sea battle would be pretty cool, I think.